Potential of a fucoidan-rich Ascophyllum nodosum extract to reduce Salmonella shedding and improve gastrointestinal health in weaned pigs naturally infected with Salmonella

Table 5 Effects of dietary treatments on Salmonella shedding in naturally infected weaned pigs (Least-square mean values ± SEM)

	Day	Treatment¹				SEM	P-value
	Day	Control	ZnO	Low ANE	High ANE	SEM	P-value
Faecal *Salmonella* counts, logGCN/g faeces	14	6.74	6.78	6.97	6.84	0.115	0.475
Faecal *Salmonella* counts, logGCN/g faeces	21	7.25^a	7.02^ab	7.29^a	6.70^b	0.121	0.006

ANE, Ascophyllum nodosum extract; ZnO, Zinc oxide; GCN, Gene copy number
^a,bMean values within a row with different superscript lowercase letter indicate significant differences between dietary treatments (P < 0.05)
¹A total of 12 replicates were used per dietary treatment (replicate = pig)

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